Putting melanoma back to the center – Corriere Salute

After the summer, melanoma must not be forgotten, prevention must be done at least once a year. If checkups are done regularly, melanoma can be caught on time. But there is still fear of going to dermatological clinics and hospitals. Furthermore, there has always been the perception that the reference hospitals are only in the North but this is a myth to dispel the occasion to dispel, also because this belief during the pandemic, in which mobility was more difficult, significantly reduced controls and prevention, essential for this tumor, which is very aggressive but which, if detected in time, can be treated very effectively today. Speakers will be Ignazio Stanganelli (President of the Italian IMI Melanoma Intergroup and Director of Skin Cancer Unit of the Romagna Cancer Institute), Giovanna Niero (President of AIMa.Me.) and Gaetana Rinaldi (Auop Paolo Giaccone UOC Medical Oncology).